FILM: James Cameron Names Next Project

Avatar director James Cameron has suggested his next film will be a non-fiction project concerning the indigenous people of the Amazon, after he spent time visiting the Xikrin-Kayapo tribe recently in Brazil.

Speaking to the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper, Cameron has been invited to meet the tribal elders following his time with the tribe, part of which was spent filming a short that will be included on a loaded Avatar DVD coming this Christmas.

The tribe is opposed to a dam being built on the Xingu River, which the natives fear will flood around 500 square kilometres along the banks of the river, and which would, they claim, displace 16,000 people. The Brazilian government claims it has spent millions aiming to reduce the impact of the project.

Cameron is apparently going back to document their lives and struggle. “I want to take a 3D camera to film how they live, their culture. When I was asked to help the Brazilian Indians, who were desperate, I could not turn away."

Doesn't this sounds very similar to Cameron's most recent work Avatar?